SoftSide Magazine Issue 54 (Game Design) (March 1983). Review of Starcross: Interlogic Science Fiction - Jay Marrone, Entertainment Tomorrow: Disney's EPCOT — Technology or Magic? (Explore the history and the wonder of EPCOT, the world's premier theme park. The legacy of Walt Disney's genius has brought entertainment technology to the brink of magic.) - Fred D'Ignazio, The Battle For Your Mind? Secrets of Game Software Design (What keeps us sitting at our computers for hours on end? Why can't we fight that irresistible urge to press SYSTEM RESET one more time? Mr. Favaro discusses his theories here.) - Peter J. Favaro, The World Connection II (Terminal software is hard to shop for. This time, we cover some of the more popular versions and offer a checklist for choosing the features you need.) - Tim Knight, Calc/Side: Balancing the Outgo to the Income (In this installment, we present a budgeting feature for VisiCalc which can save you from unpleasant surprises.) - David Peters, Review of Smith-Corona TP-1 Daisy Wheel Printer - Harry Temple, Review of The Brother HR-1 Printer - V.S. Gavande, Editorial, Input/Output, Hints and Enhancements, Bugs, Worms & Other Undesirables, New Products, Market/Side, Advertisers Index, Machine Head, Review of AQUA-RUN (PC) - Robert C. Gray, Article - APPLE DISKOURSE, Part 5 (With CONV, the program for this installment, you can simplify and speed up decimal/hexidecimal conversions.) (Apple) - Cary W. Bradley, Review of BATTLE OF SHILOH (Apple) - Mike Shadick and Sallie Stephenson, Review of GLOBAL PROGRAM LINE EDITOR (Apple) - Michael R. Sullivan, Review of PANIK (S-80) - Mark E. Renne, Review of OKIDATA OKIGRAPH GRAPHICS ROM (S-80) - John Ratzlaff, Review of THE ALTERNATE SORT (S-80) - Mark E. Renne, Review of MINER 2049ER (Atari) - David Plotkin, Review of FILEMANAGER + (Atari) - David Plotkin, Article - EXPLORING THE ATARI FRONTIER (In this installment, you will explore the wonders and mysteries of the GTIA chip.) (Atari) - Alan J. Zett, BETWEEN PAGES 40 AND 41 (SoftSide Selections), FRONT RUNNER (Flip-It II for the Apple, Atari, IBM PC and TRS-80. In this board game, you find your computer a formidable opponent as you match wits trying to outflank and capture one another's pieces.), Space Fungus (Disk Version Bonus) (Apple), Kangarilla (Program) (Apple), Success (Disk Version Bonus) (Atari), Trapped (Program) (Atari), Machine Language Sort Routines for the Atari Database (Program) (Atari), Page Up, Page Down (Program) (PC), Force of Arms (Disk Version Bonus) (S-80), Savo Island (Program) (S-80), SoftSide CV/DV Adventures Series (It's About Time...for the Apple, Atari, IBM PC and TRS-80. Out for a stroll, you stumble upon a Time Machine. It propels you into a frightening future where everything you knew has been annihilated. Is Earth doomed to hellfire?).

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